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11Palaeopteryx — Taxobox name = Palaeopteryx fossil range = Late Jurassic regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Saurischia subordo = Theropoda familia = ?Dromaeosauridae genus = Palaeopteryx genus authority = Jensen, 1981 subdivision… …
12Canyon Lands — The Canyon Lands Section of the Colorado Plateaus is a physiographic section of the larger Colorado Plateaus province, which in turn is part of the larger Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division.cite web |title=Physiographic divisions of the …
13Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin — Infobox Oil field name = Bend Arch Fort Worth Basin Province region = North Central Texas country = United States coordinates = locblock = offonshore = Onshore operators = Devon Energy, Chesapeake Energy, EOG Resources, XTO Energy, EnCana, Range …
14Palaeopteryx — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Paleopteryx Rango fósil: Jurásico superior Estado de conservación Fósil Clasificación científica …
15dome — domelike, adj. /dohm/, n., v., domed, doming. n. 1. Archit. a. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. b. a domical roof or ceiling. c. a… …
16epeirogeny — epeirogenic, epeirogenetic /i puy roh jeuh net ik/, adj. /ep uy roj euh nee/, n. Geol. vertical or tilting movement of the earth s crust, generally affecting broad areas of a continent. Also, epeirogenesis /i puy roh jen euh sis/, epirogeny.… …
17geanticline — geanticlinal /jee an ti kluyn l, jee an /, adj. /jee an ti kluyn /, n. Geol. an anticlinal upwarp of regional extent. [1890 95; < Gk gê earth + ANTICLINE] * * * …
18Rocky Mountains — the chief mountain system in North America, extending from central New Mexico to N Alaska. Highest peak, Mount McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m). Also called Rockies. * * * or Rockies Mountain system, western North America. It extends some 3,000 mi… …
19Holocene Epoch — formerly Recent Epoch Latest interval of the Earth s geologic history, dating from 10,000 years ago to the present. The younger of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period, the Holocene follows the last glacial stage of the… …
20Wicklow Mountains — ▪ mountains, Ireland extensive mountain range in County Wicklow, Ireland, forming part of the Leinster Chain. The mountain area comprises a vast anticline (upwarp of rock strata), with granite exposed at the centre, and also slates and… …
